VII JOHN STEINBECK’S ‘WONDER-WORDS’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. GENERAL EDITORS’ FOREWORD vii
5. CONTRIBUTORS ix
6. I ARTHURIAN SWORDS I: GAWAIN’S SWORD AND THE LEGEND OF WELAND THE SMITH 1
7. II REX REBELLIS ET VIR PACIFICUS: CIVIL WAR AND ECCLESIASTICAL PEACEKEEPING IN THE VITA GILDAE OF CARADOG OF LLANCARFAN 21
8. III ONCE AND FUTURE HISTORY: TEXTUAL BORROWING IN AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE 44
9. IV ‘ME REWES SORE’: WOMEN’S FRIENDSHIP, AFFECT AND LOYALTY IN YWAIN AND GAWAIN 117
10. V THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR: ALCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE TURKE AND SIR GAWAIN 133
11. VI ‘THE NATIVE PLACE OF THAT GREAT ARTHUR’: FOREIGNNESS AND NATIVITY IN SIXTEENTHCENTURY DEFENCES OF ARTHUR 152
12. VII JOHN STEINBECK’S ‘WONDER-WORDS’ 173
13. VIII THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING OF ATLANTIS: THE ARTHURIAN FIGURE IN GEOFF JOHNS’S AQUAMAN: DEATH OF A KING 192
14. IX ARTHUR AND/OR THE GRAIL 200